Read article 'The road ahead'
The road ahead
In this article, CERN director-general Luciano Maiani explains why CERN's commitment to building the LHC collider overcame all pressures to prolong running the LEP electron-positron machine.
Read article 'The road ahead'
Read article 'Looking at physics in a rarefied atmosphere'
Looking at physics in a rarefied atmosphere
Last year the annual DESY Theory Workshop focused on rare physics - the physics that's hardest to do and sometimes difficult to understand. Andrzej Buras reports.
Read article 'High energies and high altitudes'
High energies and high altitudes
A recent meeting in Bolivia looked at the possibilities of mounting new physics instrumentation at the highest-altitude laboratory in the world. Larry Jones reports.
Read article 'Can carbon nanotubes handle high-energy particles?'
Can carbon nanotubes handle high-energy particles?
New types of materials suggest new ways of handling high-energy particle beams, but can carbon nanotubes handle high-energy particles? Specialists from Yerevan outline the possibilities.
Read article 'Pulling the trigger on LHC electronics'
Pulling the trigger on LHC electronics
The conditions at CERN's Large Hadron Collider pose severe challenges for the designers and builders of front-end, trigger and data acquisition electronics. A recent workshop reviewed the encouraging...
Read article 'Mapping chaos in particle revolutions'
Mapping chaos in particle revolutions
Over the past decade the technique of frequency map analysis, developed to study astronomical systems, has shown its value in an increasing number of areas, including the analysis of particle orbits ...
Read article 'HEP electronic publishing takes off'
HEP electronic publishing takes off
Scientific communication is now virtually instantaneous, with scientists able to download book-quality versions of papers. High-energy physics has been in the eye of this publishing storm - witness t...
Read article 'Supersymmetry physics on (and off) the brane'
Supersymmetry physics on (and off) the brane
The search for supersymmetry, or other physics beyond the Standard Model (SM) is becoming ever more tantalizing. The idea that the SM is theoretically incomplete is an old one. There is now a whole ...
Read article 'Past, present and future'
Past, present and future
Germany's impressive scientific traditions are a role model for other nations. A recent European committee meeting in Berlin painted a lively and informative picture of the current German scene.
Read article 'LEPilogue: marking the end of an era'
LEPilogue: marking the end of an era
As the era of CERN's LEP electron-positron collider draws to a close, that of CERN's next major machine - the LHC proton collider - is set to begin. A special celebration event at CERN marked this m...
